Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
@lluaces.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Associate Chair Psychology at Indiana University. Depression, psychotherapy research, technology, and data science. 🏳️🌈🇵🇷 Personal account.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall #Ukraine
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall #Ukraine
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Sooooooooooooo can anyone out here offer advice about one's syllabus being included in a public records request? Among a bunch of others that just happen to deal with topics of sex and gender? Like, can one find out who is requesting? #AcademicSky #LawSky
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Sooooooooooooo can anyone out here offer advice about one's syllabus being included in a public records request? Among a bunch of others that just happen to deal with topics of sex and gender? Like, can one find out who is requesting? #AcademicSky #LawSky
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Teaching an undergrad polisci methods course in the Spring. Anyone have any articles/blog posts that do a good job of explaining their methods? Not looking for articles on methods but authors who do a good job of explicitly spelling out their methodology. #academicsky #polisky
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Teaching an undergrad polisci methods course in the Spring. Anyone have any articles/blog posts that do a good job of explaining their methods? Not looking for articles on methods but authors who do a good job of explicitly spelling out their methodology. #academicsky #polisky
Rewatching X Men 97 I love it that when Storm got her powers back she either (a) MADE an outfit using IDK the forces of weather (?) or (b) already had her outfit under her normal clothes.
Either way it’s the perfect level of melodrama
Either way it’s the perfect level of melodrama
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Rewatching X Men 97 I love it that when Storm got her powers back she either (a) MADE an outfit using IDK the forces of weather (?) or (b) already had her outfit under her normal clothes.
Either way it’s the perfect level of melodrama
Either way it’s the perfect level of melodrama
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AI is powerful, but it still lacks basic spatial logic.
We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access
Apply: gatorlab.io/join
#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial
We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access
Apply: gatorlab.io/join
#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
AI is powerful, but it still lacks basic spatial logic.
We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access
Apply: gatorlab.io/join
#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial
We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access
Apply: gatorlab.io/join
#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial
Two things:
1. I just learned it’s “Imogen JENIFER Heap.”
2. I just learned Imogen Heap is a name name and not an artist name
1. I just learned it’s “Imogen JENIFER Heap.”
2. I just learned Imogen Heap is a name name and not an artist name
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Two things:
1. I just learned it’s “Imogen JENIFER Heap.”
2. I just learned Imogen Heap is a name name and not an artist name
1. I just learned it’s “Imogen JENIFER Heap.”
2. I just learned Imogen Heap is a name name and not an artist name
I never got around to listening to Post Malone or Lana del Rey and now I think it’s too late
January 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I never got around to listening to Post Malone or Lana del Rey and now I think it’s too late
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For those who have been led to believe that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t work, this isn’t the case.
ER visits and hospital admissions are reduced by 72–75% in children and adolescents, and by 32–39% in adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
ER visits and hospital admissions are reduced by 72–75% in children and adolescents, and by 32–39% in adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Early influenza virus characterisation and vaccine effectiveness in England in autumn 2025, a period dominated by influenza A(H3N2) subclade K
Influenza A(H3N2) subclade K (J.2.4.1) has dominated the 2025/26 season start in England. Post-infection ferret antisera raised against northern hemisphere 2025/26 vaccine strains showed reduced reactivity to subclade K viruses in England, aligning ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
For those who have been led to believe that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t work, this isn’t the case.
ER visits and hospital admissions are reduced by 72–75% in children and adolescents, and by 32–39% in adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
ER visits and hospital admissions are reduced by 72–75% in children and adolescents, and by 32–39% in adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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According to internal documents, Meta makes it difficult for regulators to detect scam ads. It's part of an effort to stave off pressure to rein in lucrative scam ads. To increase transparency around paid ads, this was why we launched @polidashboard.org.
See: socialmedialab.ca/2025/07/29/p...
See: socialmedialab.ca/2025/07/29/p...
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
According to internal documents, Meta makes it difficult for regulators to detect scam ads. It's part of an effort to stave off pressure to rein in lucrative scam ads. To increase transparency around paid ads, this was why we launched @polidashboard.org.
See: socialmedialab.ca/2025/07/29/p...
See: socialmedialab.ca/2025/07/29/p...
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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NEW: Trump used his first veto to block a unanimously approved Colorado drinking water project.
Lauren Boebert, whose district the pipeline project is in, slammed Trump, suggesting it was retaliation for her signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files www.9news.com/article/news...
Lauren Boebert, whose district the pipeline project is in, slammed Trump, suggesting it was retaliation for her signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
NEW: Trump used his first veto to block a unanimously approved Colorado drinking water project.
Lauren Boebert, whose district the pipeline project is in, slammed Trump, suggesting it was retaliation for her signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files www.9news.com/article/news...
Lauren Boebert, whose district the pipeline project is in, slammed Trump, suggesting it was retaliation for her signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files www.9news.com/article/news...
Why can I remember how it felt to have been very cold but not very hot? Does this happen to others?
I know times I HAVE been very hot like during a heat wave in Philly but I don’t remember the feeling of being hot then.
I know times I HAVE been very hot like during a heat wave in Philly but I don’t remember the feeling of being hot then.
December 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Why can I remember how it felt to have been very cold but not very hot? Does this happen to others?
I know times I HAVE been very hot like during a heat wave in Philly but I don’t remember the feeling of being hot then.
I know times I HAVE been very hot like during a heat wave in Philly but I don’t remember the feeling of being hot then.
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BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
Thank you for publishing your study: "If you don't do the analysis this exact way, you are wrong: A simulation study and two real datasets proving you're all dumb."
No please don't publish the code, what would come out of that?
No please don't publish the code, what would come out of that?
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thank you for publishing your study: "If you don't do the analysis this exact way, you are wrong: A simulation study and two real datasets proving you're all dumb."
No please don't publish the code, what would come out of that?
No please don't publish the code, what would come out of that?
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It's also sort of funny that the argument here is basically "corporate jobs aren't fulfilling" but it's framed as if that's only true for women and specifically because of baby-raising and not just the reality of the workplace
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It's also sort of funny that the argument here is basically "corporate jobs aren't fulfilling" but it's framed as if that's only true for women and specifically because of baby-raising and not just the reality of the workplace
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Moral panic isn’t a new phenomenon; what has changed is the medium through which it spreads. Check out this fascinating CBC podcast series, "The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall." www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In the 1980s and 90s, Satan and his followers were accused of brainwashing children, sacrificing babies, and infiltrating North American society on a massive scale — yet these thousands of alleged Sat...
www.cbc.ca
December 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Moral panic isn’t a new phenomenon; what has changed is the medium through which it spreads. Check out this fascinating CBC podcast series, "The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall." www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
You know, instead of New Year’s resolutions I want to make New Year’s requests. Like I can’t truly control if I go to the gym next year and neither can you. But if I ask you to stop being annoying that is something you could control
December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You know, instead of New Year’s resolutions I want to make New Year’s requests. Like I can’t truly control if I go to the gym next year and neither can you. But if I ask you to stop being annoying that is something you could control
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There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
Someone just said “marry Christmas” to me. I think I’m OK but the situation is ongoing
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Someone just said “marry Christmas” to me. I think I’m OK but the situation is ongoing
In middle school, I had to do one of those assignments where you learn about a place and I picked Greenland so I have a stake in this
Trump: We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has no military protection. They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago with a boat—well, we were there with boats too I’m sure.
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In middle school, I had to do one of those assignments where you learn about a place and I picked Greenland so I have a stake in this
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“Accordingly, we call on President Trump to direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.”
This is from BILL CLINTON'S SPOKESMAN.
This is from BILL CLINTON'S SPOKESMAN.
Bill Clinton Spokesman: “Someone or something is being protected. We need no such protection. Produce the full and complete record.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“Accordingly, we call on President Trump to direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.”
This is from BILL CLINTON'S SPOKESMAN.
This is from BILL CLINTON'S SPOKESMAN.
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
I keep missing out on class action lawsuits where I’d legitimately be a plaintiff 😭
December 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I keep missing out on class action lawsuits where I’d legitimately be a plaintiff 😭